NEWS

In the context of Halloween and the appearance of voilent clowns in the US and France we were interviewed by the (inter)national media about the phenomenon of Evil Clowns. We talked to tageszeitung (taz), Le Monde and Deutschlandradio Kultur. And on October 31rst HMKV's Evil Clowns made it to the frontpage of Libération! Here you can find a (growing) list of all the media coverage:

It's not only our exhibition "World of Matter" that has embarked on a world tour (until 1 Nov on view in New York). In addition, one of its initiators - the photo journalist Uwe H. Martin - won one of the three Greenpeace Photo Awards 2014 with the project "LandRush"! http://photo-award.org/

The pocket book documents HMKV's eponymous exhibition curated by Inke Arns and Thibaut
de Ruyter which took place in the context of the NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL
2013-2014. It comes with the chronology displayed on the 22 m long table!

18. July 2014
Grants of the State of North-Rhine Westfalia for media artists 2014/2015

The grants of the State of NRW for media artists (f) for the years 2014 and 2015 were given to Christofides (*1980, Cologne) and Céline Berger (*1973, Cologne). The three-member jury selected the grant holders from 55 applications. More information

01. July 2014
Video clips in 30 secs // ExtraShift at HMKV

During our exclusive preview of the exhibtion "Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst" (Now I Can Help Myself) at the event Extraschicht (ExtraShift) 2014 on Saturday 28 June more than 30 video tutorials were created by our visitors. You can find the amazing results here.

15. May 2014
New cult HMKV postcard set with Dortmund photo motives!

For avid collectors: Our new cult postcard series with typical Dortmund impressions has just arrived from the printer! On the back you can find our exhibition program for 2014. Download all eight postcards here. Photos: Jens Pussel, Hannes Woidich, labor b. Design: labor b.

20. February 2014
HMKV nominated for the 5th time for ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Kunstvereine

After HMKV's "Honorable Mention" in 2013, and after having been nominated in 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2013 HMKV has just been nominated for a fifth time for this Prize. Only 10 out of 300 Kunstvereine are competing for the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Kunstvereine 2014.

30. January 2014
HMKV poster receives iF design award 2014

The poster of HMKV's exhibition „His Master’s Voice: On Voice and Language“ (2013) - designed by labor b - has just been awarded the iF design award 2014. All prize winners will be celebrated on 28 February 2014 at BMW Welt in Munich.

There's extensive articles published in frieze d/e, Camera Austria and a radio broadcast on Scala (WDR5) covering the New Industries Festival. HMKV's exhibitions will be on view only until Sunday, 26 January 2014! Hurry up, join us in the Ruhr!

19. January 2014
High numbers of participants at HMKV's New Industries Conference